Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&Ne=7095&N=3+6600 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748698 Elizabeth Strout animates the ordinary with an astonishing force, wrote The New Yorker on the publication of her Pulitzer Prize--winning Olive Kitteridge. The San Francisco Chronicle praised Strouts magnificent gift for humanizing characters. Now the acclaimed author returns with a stunning novel as powerful and moving as any work in contemporary literature... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703537 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748361 When thirteen-year-old Emily Houchens happens upon a dead body hidden in the woods in Roma, Kentucky one day, she decides not to tell anyone about her discovery--a choice that begins to haunt her. Susanna Mitchell has always been a good girl, the dutiful daughter, wife and mother, while her older sister Ronnie trolled bars for men and often drove home at sunrise. But when Ronnie goes missing and Susanna realizes that shes the only person in Roma who truly cares about her sisters fate, she starts to question her quiet life and its value. Emily; Susanna; Tony, a failed baseball star turned detective, aspiring to be the countys first black sheriff; and Wyatt, a fifty-five-year-old factory worker tormented by a past he cant change and by a love he doesnt think he deserves. Their stories converge in a violent climax that reveals not just the mystery of what happened to Ronnie but all of their secret selves. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748113 Neglected by her parents, nineteen-year-old Maya Nidal has grown up in Berkeley with her grandparents. Her grandmother Nini is a force of nature, a woman whose formidable strength helped her build a new life after emigrating from Chile in 1973. Popo, Mayas grandfather, is a gentle man whose solid, comforting presence helps calm the turbulence of Mayas adolescence... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748667 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703538 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748362 Bernard Elliot, a poet, and Frances Reardon, a fiction writer, meet at a writers colony during the summer of 1957 and begin a friendship and correspondence. Bernard, well-born and Harvard-educated, is gregarious, reckless, and passionate; Frances, the precocious daughter of a middle-class Irish family, is circumspect, wry, and more than a little judgmental. What starts as an exploration of faith eventually becomes a romance, a development complicated by Bernards fall into manic depression and Frances struggle to decide whether she is strong enough to weather the illness with him for the long term. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748661 Diandra Casey and Gregory York are childhood rivals and longtime adversaries, both vying for the same powerful position at one of the countrys most elite department stores. To determine who is best suited for the job, the two are confined together for a week in an elegant Boston town house, where they must catalog and store a priceless collection of antiques. But away from the pressures of corporate life, their feelings for each other suddenly seem less clear as attraction flares between them. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748114 Sometimes it takes a stranger to see you as you really are. Born and raised on sprawling Texas land, Margaret OBrien prides herself on her competence as a rancher. But her father believes shes made for more than just dawn-to-dusk work. He wants her to have the love of a good man, to raise children, to build a life. But Margaret gave up such dreams years ago. Shes convinced no man would have her, that the ranch is her life now... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703539 This is An Inconvenient Truth for everything, a sober assessment of the facts of the matters at hand, from population and partisanship to health and wealth to religion and technology. The consequential age we are living in will be remembered as one of the great turning points in civilization. Once we turn, though, where will we be? That is the compelling question Al Gore sets out to answer by examining the drivers of global change, and more. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748879 With the Help of Samm and Heron, Kira sets out on a desperate search for clues as to who she is, while Marcus and the remaining human population gear up for war with the Paritals. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749013 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749202 An ambitious models dreams of perfection turn into a nightmare in the hands of a renowned plastic surgeon. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748691 Bound by her oath of confidentiality and tortured by unrequited love, sixteen-year-old Devon, a peer counselor at a prestigious California boarding school, finds herself on a solitary mission to get to the bottom of a popular students apparent suicide. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748620 The gentrification of Hemlock Falls, home to innkeeper, artist and amateur sleuth Sara Quill Quilliam, has drawn the attention of Edmund Tree, host of Your Ancestors Attic. Everyone is searching attics for treasures - including a burglar! Quill is not impressed with the obnoxious Tree or his television rival, who blows into town for a ratings-booster showdown. But poison makes the new show to watch a murder mystery with Quill playing the detective. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748718 A parable by two award-winning Fortune 500 company advisors about making innovation happen, with lessons for any business big or small. With eight simple lessons to guide innovation initiatives to success, it prepares business readers to avoid some of innovations most toxic myths, teaches how to build the right kind of team, and shows how to learn quickly from experience. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748363 As Mumbai empties under the threat of imminent nuclear annihilation, statistician Sarita can only think of being reunited with her physicist husband. To find him, she must journey across the surreal landscape of a near-abandoned city, braving gangs of competing Hindu and Muslim hoodlums. Joining her is Jaza Muslim whose true religion has always been sex. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748662 When over eighty prominent childrens authors learn they are suspects in the murder of despicable book editor Herman Mildew, they provide less-than-credible alibis. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748627 For Gene and the remaining humans, death is just a heartbeat away. On the run and hunted by society, they must find a way to survive in The Vast and avoid the hungry predators tracking them in the dark. But theyre not the only things following Gene. Hes haunted by the girl he left behind and his burgeoning feelings for Sissy, the human girl at his side. When they discover a refuge of exiled humans living high in the mountains, Gene and his friends think theyre finally safe. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748727 Justin Conkey was too young to fight in the Revolution of 1776, but now it is 1787 and he is fourteen. Justin is ready to fight, even if he has only his fathers old sword to protect him. But once on the battlefield, war is not what he expected. It is dangerous and frightening and nothing makes sense... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748115 On the planet Tython, the ancient Jedaii order was founded. And at the feet of its wise Masters, Lanoree Brock learned the mysteries and methods of the Force--and found her calling as one of its most powerful disciples. But as strongly as the Force flowed within Lanoree and her parents, it remained absent in her brother, who grew to despise and shun the Jedaii, and whose training in its ancient ways ended in tragedy... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749089 Maria Kendall is stunningly beautiful, impeccably mannered, effortlessly graceful--in short, a perfect candidate for marriage. Thus all of polite London society is astonished that she is the latest charge of Amy and Effy Tribble, eccentric spinsters... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703540 From award-winning author Molly OKeefe comes a wonderfully written contemporary romance about second chances at life and at love. Victoria Baker, the penniless widow of a disgraced financier, is ready to stand up, be counted, and make a new life for herself and her beloved son in Texas. Shes taking over Crooked Creek ranch, her birthright, and turning it into something special... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748106 After escaping the ruthless desperados, master-of-disguise P.K. Pinkerton has now set up a Private Eye business in Virginia City and is ready when a young maid named Martha approaches him for help in escaping a killer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749081 Brooke has only loved one man, her late husband. Owens rebuilding after a painful divorce. Can a mysterious house bring them together for a second chance at love? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748880 Pinkalicious is going to be the best flower girl ever--as soon as she figures out just what a flower girl is! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749203 Life for indentured servants in pioneer Virginia is hard. It is doubly hard for Richard Ayre, a London orphan who had been scooped off the streets as a child and sent to the Jamestown Colony. But a chance encounter with an Indian boy his own age gives him a friend, the first real friend he has had in years--until his masters plan to raid an Indian village for corn turns Richards world upside down. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748692 Mercy Thompsons life has undergone a seismic change. Becoming the mate of Adam Hauptman--the charismatic Alpha of the local werewolf pack--has made her a stepmother to his daughter Jesse, a relationship that brings moments of blissful normalcy to Mercys life. But on the edges of humanity, a minor mishap on an ordinary day can turn into so much more. After an accident in bumper-to-bumper traffic, Mercy and Jesse cant reach Adam--or anyone else in the pack for that matter... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748621 The old submarine-chaser USS Hibiscus, re-fitting in Hong Kong dockyard before being handed over to the Nationalist Chinese, is suddenly ordered to the desolate island group of Payenhau. For Captain Mark Gunnar - driven by the memory of his torture at the... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748732 The first of many sequels to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz follows Tip, who is escaping from the sorceress Mombi. On his way to the Emerald City, hoping to start a new life, he creates Jack Pumpkinhead and the Wooden Sawhorse. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748719 For more than four decasdes, Bob Dotson has been travelling all over the United States searching for those who have made a difference. With American Story, he shares their stories along with inspiration that can help anyone reach their goals. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748421 LA burglar Junior Bender has, unfortunately, developed a reputation as a competent private investigator for crooks. Now Junior is being bullied into proving aging music-industry mogul Vinnie DiGaudio is innocent of the murder of a nasty tabloid journalist hed threatened to kill a couple times. It doesnt help that the dead journalists widow is one pretty lady, and shes trying to get Junior to mix business with pleasure. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749037 In the Pittsburgh Marathon, 18,000 people from all over the world will participate. And one man is going to be murdered. When Dr. Cyprus Keller lines up to start the race, he knows who is going to die--for the simple reason that hes going to kill him. Keller, a university professor of criminology at Three Rivers University and a former police officer, is an expert in criminal behavior and victimology. However, when one of his female students is murdered and his graduate assistant attempts to kill him, Keller finds himself swinging frantically back and forth between being a suspect and a victim. When the police assign a motive to the crimes that Keller knows cannot be true, he begins to ask questions that somebody out there does not want answered. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749018 Ptah-hotep, a peasant studying to be a scribe, is appointed by Amenhotep IV as court scribe, where he is surrounded by envious rivals and enemies. Child princess Mutnodjme sees her beautiful sister Nefertiti married to the impotent young pharaoh, while the ladies of the court devise a shocking plan to ensure Nefertiti bears royal children. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748364 Fifteen-year-old Ben Buck and his family spent four years clearing the wilderness to build a new home in Pennsylvania. They fought the Indians and the British, and made sacrifices most people wouldnt have been strong enough to make. All so they could be independent and free. Now someones trying to take everything away from them. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748381 When Lenny stumbles into the old Toffee Museum he finds out its terrible secret - a Toffee Monster, if frozen for over a hundred years. Not only is it dead, but its broken up into little pieces. Theres no way a monster can come back to life, is there? Thats what Lenny thinks... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748663 Cora Kensington finds herself on the journey of a lifetime with unexpected twists. As she embarks across Europe with her newfound family, an unseen enemy remains close behind. And Cora finds herself torn between two dashing men along the way: a suave Frenchman dramatically pursuing her, and a man who has been quietly laying claim to her affection for a while. Along the way, Cora must find the faith to make the right choices, because the wrong ones have grave consequences. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748687 When handsome British viscount Major Lord Peter Tremayne commandeers her home, rebel Kate Grey throws caution to the wind and responds to his seduction. But a spy in her own household steals the military dispatches Tremayne carries, ensuring his disgrace--and implicating Kate in high treason. Months later, having narrowly escaped court martial and hanging, Tremayne returns to decadent, British-occupied Philadelphia with a new assignment--to capture the woman he believes betrayed him. Worse, the glamorous fiancee of his own dissolute cousin is none other than Kate Grey, now an undercover spy. And so begins their dangerous dance, between passion and patriotism, between certain death and the promise of a brave new future together. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748728 In this horror novel parody, three self-centered members of Cliffside High Schools ruling clique, who are beginning to age rapidly, become convinced that the beautiful new exchange student is the ghost of the girl whose death they caused the year before. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748116 Liz Jerome is an expert at public relations. Well, at least in business. When she is hired to do some damage control for a company owned by Donovan Grant, the dividing line between professional and personal suddenly disappears. Donovan catches her off guard with his subtle come-ons and his humorous teasing. But being his playmate isnt on Lizs agenda. She is determined to block his every move, to resist the sweet confusion he arouses in her. Donovan threatens her safe, isolated world..... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748670 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749060 An ex-Wall Street trader improved on Moneyballs famed sabermetrics to place bets that would beat the Vegas odds on Major League Baseball games--with a 41 percent return in his first year. Trading Bases explains how he did it. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748133 New York Times bestseller Jeffrey Archer continues his beloved Clifton Chronicle series as Harry and Emma finally begin building a happy life--but a dangerous family enemy is about to resurface. Best Kept Secret opens a moment after the end of The Sins of the Father, with the resolution of the trial and the triumphant marriage of Harry Clifton and Elizabeth Barrington, finally uniting their family. Harry, now a bestselling novelist, Emma, their son Sebastian, and orphaned Jessica make a new life for themselves, but all is not as happy and secure as it could be. Emmas brother, Giles, is engaged to a woman who may be more interested in Barringtons fortune and title than in a long and happy marriage. And Sebastian, though he is bright, isnt quite the hard worker that his father was at school, and finds a hard time resisting the temptations that his somewhat unsavory friends provide.It all comes to a head when a new villain is uncovered, a face from the past with grudges against both Harry and Giles--Fisher, who tortured Harry at school and later took credit for Giles heroics during the war. Fisher teams up with Giles now ex-wife to wreak havoc on Giles latest election as well as meddle with affairs inside Barringtons, while Harry and Emma must deal with a new scheme that Sebastian has unwittingly fallen into with a supposed friend. The drama continues for Harry Clifton and his family, bringing this mesmerizing saga into the 1960s. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749090 When Eugene starts hearing a voice inside his head telling him to do awful things, it leads him to look into his small towns past before the Depression, and to discover long-hidden secrets about his neighbors and his town. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703541 The sensation of the 2011 Frankfurt Book Fair: a stunningly dark first novel that is sure to become a major publishing event. When a casino robbery in Atlantic City goes horribly awry the man who orchestrated it is obliged to call in a favor from Jack. Only thirty or so people are sure this man exists, some believe hes dead, and none know anything at all about his true identity... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748107 Kylie Galen believes that if she can just uncover what she is, all the other uncertainties in her life will suddenly make sense. And things really need to make sense right now. For starters, her heart is still torn between Lucas and Derek--or it was. Now, shes beginning to wonder if she was wrong about both boys. But its not just romance thats leaving Kylie conflicted. Shes also being haunted by an amnesia-striken ghost who cant remember who she is. Complicating matters even more is the message the spirit brings from the world beyond: Death is imminent for someone at Shadow Falls Camp--and this time, theres nothing Kylie can do to stop it. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748634 Mute fledgling witch Morgana is married for her safety to a kind farmer in the mountains of Wales before she is targeted by townspeople who are being manipulated by a dark force that compels Morgana to harness her powers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748263 You or your Alt? Only one will survive. Dualed is a thrilling high-concept YA where citizens must prove their worth by killing their Alts--twins raised by other families. The city of Kersh is a safe haven, but the price of safety is high. West Grayer has trained as a fighter, preparing for the day when her assignment arrives and she will have one month to hunt down and kill her Alt. Survival means advanced schooling, a good job, marriage--life...But then a tragic misstep shakes Wests confidence. Stricken with grief and guilt, shes no longer certain that shes the best version of herself, the version worthy of a future. If she is to have any chance of winning, she must stop running not only from her Alt, but also from love... though both have the power to destroy her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748120 Before Peter Pan belonged to Wendy, he belonged to the girl with the crow feather in her hair. . . . Fifteen-year-old Tiger Lily doesnt believe in love stories or happy endings. Then she meets the alluring teenage Peter Pan in the forbidden woods of Neverland and immediately falls under his spell. Peter is unlike anyone shes ever known. Impetuous and brave, he both scares and enthralls her... As the leader of the Lost Boys, the most fearsome of Neverlands inhabitants, Peter is an unthinkable match for Tiger Lily. Soon, she is risking everything--her family, her future--to be with him. When she is faced with marriage to a terrible man in her own tribe, she must choose between the life shes always known and running away to an uncertain future with Peter. With enemies threatening to tear them apart, the lovers seem doomed. But its the arrival of Wendy Darling, an English girl whos everything Tiger Lily is not, that leads Tiger Lily to discover that the most dangerous enemies can live inside even the most loyal and loving heart. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748352 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749082 Peter Diamond, head of Bath CID, takes a city break in Vienna, where his favorite film, The Third Man, was set, but everything goes wrong, and his companion, Paloma, calls a halt to their relationship. Meanwhile, strange things are happening to jobbing... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749053 Ka is the most beautiful cat that Topher Hope has ever seen. But Ka is no ordinary cat and though she chooses to live with Topher, in present-day England, she sometimes disappears for days at a time. Topher decides he must try and follow her... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748964 San Francisco, 1882. After enjoying an evening listening to the young Oscar Wilde, crusading young lawyer Sarah Woolson and her brother, Samuel, are making their way home when a gunshot sounds and a bullet pierces the fog, striking Samuel. Who could want to hurt Samuel? Was he even the intended target? Determined to find answers, Sarah discovers more murder and mayhem on Telegraph Hill. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748881 Descended from witches, high school senior Nadia can tell as soon as her family moves to Captives Sound that the town is under a dark and powerful spell. Then she meets Mateo, the teenage local whose cursed dreams predict the future, and they must work together to prevent an impending disaster that threatens the entire town. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749144 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749167 Everyone knows the Frankenstein monster was played by Boris Karloff. His portrayal is so famous that the play Arsenic and Old Lace was filled with Karloff monster jokes even when the part of the monstrously deformed villain was played by another actor. But before Karloffs memorable portrayal, another famous 1930s Hollywood icon, Bela Lugosi, tested for the part of the monster. The screen test footage was lost for decades, until Valentino, the never-say-die film archivist, gets a hot tip about the whereabouts of the incriminating (for really bad, heavily accented acting) footage. But it comes with a price far greater than the money hell have to pay. Someone would kill to get that reel of film, and that makes Valentino a mortal obstacle who would rather not die for art. People have already been murdered for the film, and Val doesnt want to push his luck--but boy, that reel is too good to let go. Enter a crew of steampunk fans. Loving the arcane strangeness that is Valentinos life--not to mention the completely glam prospect of seeing the original filmic Count Dracula as the Frankenstein monster--they will find a way to save Valentino and Lugosis infamous screen test. Or if they cant do that, have a great party anyway. Val just hopes its not a wake. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748803 Twenty years after ruling the halls of her suburban Chicago high school, Lissy Ryder doesnt understand why her glory days ended. Back then, she was worshipped...beloved...feared. Present day, not so much. Shes been pink-slipped from her high-paying job, dumped by her husband, and kicked out of her condo. Now, at thirty-seven, shes struggling to start a business out of her parents garage and sleeping under the hair-band posters in her old bedroom... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749153 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749204 The Morels--Arthur, Penny, and Will--are a happy family of three living in New York City. So why would Arthur choose to publish a book that brutally rips his tightly knit family unit apart at the seams? Arthurs old schoolmate Chris, who narrates the book, is fascinated with this very question as he becomes accidentally reacquainted with Arthur. A single, aspiring filmmaker who works in a movie theater, Chris envies everything Arthur has, from his beautiful wife to his charming son to his seemingly effortless creativity. But things are not always what they seem. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748693 An homage to the history of baseball during the Golden Age of radio. John Miley is a collector of moments. Audio moments. Sports audio moments. He has compiled the most comprehensive audio account of baseball history in existence--a vast and wildly entertaining assemblage of game tapes from throughout the sports history... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749111 Amid preparations for their preppy Southern towns Founders Day celebration and their own shared sweet sixteen, sisters Isabelle Scott and Mirabelle Monroe long to break free from the tight constraints that come with being the daughters of a prominent public figure. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748720 Brenda Ashford is the quintessential British nanny. Prim and proper, gentle and kind, she seems to have stepped straight out of Mary Poppins. For more than six decades Nanny Brenda swaddled, diapered, dressed, played with, sang to, cooked for, and looked after more than one hundred children... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748422 White tells his emotional, incredible true story of crime and redemption, vanity and spirituality, as he discovers happiness and fulfillment in an unlikely place--imprisonment in The Long Center, the last leper colony in the U.S. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748437 The Bluebeard fairy tale retold. . . . When seventeen-year-old Sophia Petherams beloved father dies, she receives an unexpected letter. An invitation--on fine ivory paper, in bold black handwriting--from the mysterious Monsieur Bernard de Cressac, her godfather. With no money and fewer options, Sophie accepts, leaving her humble childhood home for the astonishingly lavish Wyndriven Abbey, in the heart of Mississippi... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703515 A father and son embark on a road trip to a distant animal shelter to save a homeless border collie puppy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749190 In this companion volume to The Boggart, the invisible and mischievous spirit living in the Scottish Castle Keep sets out to help save Nessie the Loch Ness Monster, one of its few remaining cousins. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748382 Stormy is an orphan and a kitchen skivvy. He tends the compost, he scrubs the floors, and watches feasts make their way up the mountain as he survives on bread and water. A skivvy is all that Stormy can hope to be. But Stormy has a secret. He wants to be... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748584 Drawn from research performed with thousands of leaders, this audio program will teach you their top twelve characteristics. You can add these leadership traits to your arsenal to create passionate believers in your vision rather than compliant followers of your instructions. This program will make the difference as you try to create high performing teams. Propel your team to the next level of performance with a clear understanding of what makes a passionate follower. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748664 The second in an exclusive 6-consecutive-month release Amish serial novel. Weaving a compelling love story brilliantly mingled with an unexpected twist. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748658 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748629 Scarlet Benoit and Wolf, a street fighter who may have information about her missing grandmother, join forces with Cinder as they try to stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana in this story inspired by Little Red Riding Hood. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748688 Seattle prosecutor Mia Quinns best friend and coworkier Colleen is shot to death while they are on the phone with each other. Already reeling from her husbands recent death, Mias life is further turned upside down. When the DA asks Mia to investigate Colleens death and its connection to another Seattle prosecutors murder four years earlier, she learns that there are many people who could have wanted Colleen dead, including some that Mia thought she could trust. Can Mia solve the mystery before its too late? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748729 Amy learned a lot in her babysitting course, but not what to do if two thugs show up, intent on kidnapping. Armed with misinformation and a weapon, the men take Amy and little Kendra to a remote cabin in the woods. There they make videos of the girls and mail them to Kendras wealthy parents in an effort to get ransom money. After several of her escape attempts fail, Amy is forced to make one last, desperate move. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749033 Mauds beloved Rotwood, a secret school for monsters, is under a cloud... literally! The pupils monstrous games and spooky spells are filling the area with noise and smoke. Local residents are fed up and the school is facing closure! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748684 Fourteen-year-old Carey and six-year-old Jenessa have lived in the woods with their mother for as long as they can remember. Abandoned, they must fend for themselves, until theyre found by Careys father and forced into a new world of comfort. Carey desperately wants to believe in this new reality but is held back by loyalty to her mentally ill mother, and the other piece of her past that haunts her: the story of what happened to her and Jenessa that night in the woods. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748674 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748117 Beautiful sisters, impossible romance, dark intrigue, and paranormal mystery will draw readers into this compelling world--Grotesque is the first book in the City of Light trilogy, welcoming Page Morgan, an exciting new YA talent to the field. Fans of Cassandra Clares Mortal Instruments series and Libba Brays Gemma Doyle trilogy will devour Grotesque, a wholly original interpretation of the gargoyle lore. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748681 When you are passionately, purely in love, nothing else matters--not even life itself. Shakespeares consummate tragedy of young lovers swept into a catastrophic vortex of misunderstandings, secrets, and fate is set in 1840s Alta California, a vibrant and conflicted time in our history. Romeo and Juliet, the son and daughter of two landed families locked in an old feud, are irresistibly drawn to each other. Defying the hatred and distrust surrounding them, they dare to believe they can--and must--be together. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748671 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748678 The only thing more troublesome than a Cynster man is a Cynster lady who believes love is not her destiny. Famously known in London society as the Matchbreaker, Henrietta Cynster has an uncanny skill in preventing ill-fated nuptials, not in falling victim to Cupids spell. But when she disrupts one match too many, she feels honor bound to help dashing James Glossup find a suitable bride for a marriage-of-convenience--a task infernally complicated by the undeniable, unquenchable attraction that flares between James and Henrietta, who continues to believe she will never fall. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749123 Former State Department advisor for Afghanistan and Pakistanr Vali Nasr delivers a sharp indictment of Americas flawed foreign policy and outlines a new relationship with the Muslim world and with new players in the changing Middle East. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749061 Sergeant Hamish Macbeth pays no mind to a bothersome woman who went out drinking and forgot all the events of the previous evening, until she turns up murdered. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748708 When Dulcie Schwartz stumbles across the body of Melinda Sloane Harquist, a visiting scholar whose upcoming book threatens to ruin Dulcies thesis and who she threatened to kill, in jest, just days before, its creepily reminiscent of the nightmares that have been waking her for the past week. And with boyfriend Chris distant and preoccupied, and both the ghost cat Mr. Grey and her kitten Esme strangely cryptic in their advice, its up to Dulcie to prove herself innocent, before its too late... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748134 For Joshua Dread, middle school is proving to be, well, awkward. Not only do bullies pick on him, but do you see those supervillains over there trying to flood the world? The ones that everyone, including his best friend Milton, are rooting for Captain Justice to take down? Theyre the Dread Duo, and they just happen to be his parents... As if trying to hide his identity wasnt hard enough, Joshua has started leaving a trail of exploding pencils and scorched handprints in his wake, and only Sophie, the new girl in town with a mysterious past, seems unsurprised. When a violent attack at the Vile Fair makes it clear someone is abducting supervillains, and that his parents may very well be next, Joshua must enlist both Sophie and Miltons help to save them. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707234 Unaware that his congregation is grumbling about his rumpled appearance and absent-minded manner, Rabbi Small spends long hours poring over scholarly books. But he is forced to face his congregants discontent when the police discover a young womans body outside the temple--and her handbag in his car. Suddenly Rabbi Small must study motives and uncover the killer, or lose more than his followers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749091 Angry and frustrated that his entire family is considered to be poor trash, fourteen-year-old Harry defies his father and attempts to prove that a factory is polluting their small Adirondack community. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703542 Noted science writer Virginia Morell explores the frontiers of research on animal cognition and emotion, offering a surprising and moving exploration into the hearts and minds of wild and domesticated animals... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748108 Do you feel overwhelmed by work - or life in general? Having trouble coping with too many demands on your time and energy? Well youre not alone! Britain is currently suffering from a stress epidemic. A staggering 1 in 4 employees are said to suffer from stress and it is listed as the no. 1 reason for workplace absence in the UK. Luckily for us, Neil Shah at the Stress Management Society is here to help. With a fantastic 10-step plan, he offers simple and practical solutions for reducing your stress levels so you can manage your life and breathe a sigh of relief. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749007 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749197 Taking a non-optional tour of duty aboard a satellite housing the worlds most dangerous secrets with a years supply of food, air, and water, but no communication back home, Charlie Hardie plots his escape using the secrets as leverage. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749162 She may be a divorce lawyer, but Neil Hamel uses her PIs instincts when a millionaires rare indigo macaw and newly endangered wife are kidnapped together. The unusual search puts her right in the heart of New Mexicos breathtaking Plains of San Agustin, for a dangerous game of bird smuggling and one-upmanship. Armed with high-tech surveillance equipment and a backpack full of her clients money, Neil treks to a remote exchange point. Alas, she returns with the indigo but no wife, and shes beginning to get ideas. When she learns that one of her chief suspects has suspiciously expired in her absence, Neil makes it her mission to find out who killed him and where the kidnapped woman is. So far, the only eyewitnesses are the parrots--and theyre not talking. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1706621 Having sworn off romance, Sheriff Boone Taylor is content with his quiet, orderly life. But then a city woman buys land butting up to his, and Boone begins to rethink matters of the heart. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749002 As the wildly successful darling of the publishing industry, chick lit mystery writer Kimberlee Kalder is the guest of honor at an exclusive writers conference at Dalmorton Castle in Scotland. But jealousy and resentment are soon replaced with shock when she is found dead at the bottom of the castles bottle dungeon. Its up to Detective Chief Inspector Arthur St. Just to track down the true killer in a castle full of cagey mystery connoisseurs who live and breathe malicious murder and artful alibis. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1706635 Author Alisa Valdes reveals how falling in love with a conservative cowboy forced her to rethink the feminist beliefs shes always held dear. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748264 Meet Edgar and Allan Poe -- twelve-year-old identical twins, the great-great-great-great-grandnephews of Edgar Allan Poe. They look and act so much alike that theyre almost one mischievous, prank-playing boy in two bodies. When their beloved black cat, Roderick Usher, is kidnapped and transported to the Midwest, Edgar and Allan convince their guardians that its time for a road trip... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748743 Theres a bad new cat in sleepy little Molena Point: a renegade tom with a penchant for robbery, a scorn for his fellow felines, and a disdain for human laws. And hes masterminding a crime spree thats quickly escalating toward murder most foul. Dulcie and Joe Grey both know the score--theyve seen Azrael in action. But how can they expose the criminal without letting ordinary, untrustworthy humans in on the secret that certain select cats can think--and talk? Cats like them... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748121 Stepping Stone: Truman Pope has spent his whole life watching the world go by. A gentle, unassuming soul, he has worked in the mailroom of a large corporation for decades without making waves, until the day he spots a mysterious woman in yellow. A woman nobody else can see. Soon Trumans quiet life begins to turn upside-down. Love Machine: The brainchild of an eccentric, possibly deranged scientist, the Love Machine can merge individual psyches and memories into a collective Co-Mind... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748353 Chief Inspector Mario Silva and his team have a heavy work load with several high-profile cases. First, a suicide bombing that was apparently the work of a militant Islamist group. Then, a gubernatorial candidate is assassinated in broad daylight at a campaign rally. Could the cases be related? To complicate Silvas investigation, a criminal with a very bad grudge against the Chief Inspector has been released from prison and is plotting ugly revenge-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749083 An American in post-war Paris finds himself caught between the conventional life he has planned with his fiance and his attraction to an Italian bartender. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749054